To My Dear And Loving Husband

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a very literal meaning of her love comes across. It is inferred that she was writing a sincere love poem to her husband. After reading the poem, the reader will have an initial impression that Bradstreet thinks that the love she shared with her husband was bigger than life itself. The general perception from the initial reading is that Bradstreet values her love greatly. An example of this significance occurs in the opening of the poem when she writes "If ever two were one, then surely we." (Line one) This line conveys to the reader that Bradstreet feels that she and her spouse are a team - - what happens to one, will happen to the other. Another thing Bradstreet did in this line was put herself and her husband on equal terms. Both ideas, that the husband and wife were a team and that they were equal, were not acceptable in Bradstreet's Puritan Society. Bradstreet was a devoted Puritan, (Department of English - University of Toronto, 1997) so when she went against her beliefs ...

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them with eternal life and love. This idea was a firm belief by Puritans in the era. Furthermore Bradstreet writes "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold". (Line five) This means that she considers her husband not to be a possession, such as gold, which shows that she truly cares about him. Bradstreet also writes how her love for her husband could never run out. "My love is such that rivers cannot quench" (Line seven) This quote portrays the idea that their love is everlasting, as well as it says that her love is so strong that nothing could change her feelings. The final evidence of the sincerity of her vow of love is the fact that the first three lines:
"If ever two ...

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